Toy machine gun



Jan. 13, 19484 H. s. RocHowlAK TOY MACHINE GUN Filed June 22', 1944Zmnentor (Ittomegs Patented Jan. 13, 1948 TOY MACHINE GUN Harold S.Rochowiak, Detroit, Mich.

Application June 22, 1944, Serial No. 541,501

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in mechanical toy guns.

The primary object of the-invention is to provide a toy gun which iseconomical in construction, simple in operation and resembles arepeating machine gun in appearance and shape.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy mechanical gun inwhich the projectiles are fed from a magazine disposed above the barrelso as to be successively brought into position in front of areciprocating spring-loaded plunger so as to project the projectiles oneafter the other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy automatic gun havingan operator which can be manually rotated so as to successively retractthe plunger against the action of the coil spring in quick succession.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanical toy gun ofthe above-mentioned character which is uniquely constructed with thevarious parts arranged to facilitate mass production and enhance thecommercial success of the device.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent during the course ofthe following description of the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the mechanical toy gun embodyingthe invention illustrating portions thereof broken away to show variousdetails of construction;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the mechanical gun further showing thearrangement of the various parts thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure1 looking in the direction of the arrows and illustrating the rotaryoperator for retracting the plunger against the tension of the spring;and

Figure 4 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure1 looking in the direction of the arrows and illustrating variousdetails of the magazine construction.

In the drawing, the reference character 5 will generally be employed toindicate a gun barrel of tubuar construction formed of wood or the likeand embodying a barrel section 6 having a longitudinal bore I extendingfrom the muzzle end to the intermediate portion of said barrel. The bore'I is enlarged as at 8 (Figure 1) to provide a recess or chamber forreceiving a coil spring which will hereinafter be more fully described.Mounted in the rear end of the barrel 5 is a bushing 9 having a bore I0axially aligned with the bore 1 and said bushing is fastened in place bymeans of a nail or the like as at II.

Reciprocably mounted within the rear portion of the bore 1 and guided bythe bore ID of the sleeve 9 is a plunger l2 around which is encircled acoil spring I3 with one of its ends engaging the sleeve 9 and itsopposite end engaging a transverse pin I4 received in a suitable openingI5 in the reciprocating plunger I2. One end of the transverse pin I 4 isslightly longer than the opposite end and projects radially into alongitudinal kerf slot I6 for being engaged by the rotary operator.

A radially extending elongated slot I 1 is formed in the barrel section6 at the rear end thereof and disposed within said slot is a channelshaped magazine for receiving a series of wooden projectiles or the likeas at I9. The magazine I8 includes a rear wall 20 having side walls 2lterminating in inwardly directed opposed flanged portions 22 and 23 forengaging the rear and front portions of the projectile. It is noted thatthe magazine I8 is disposed slightly rearwardly of the inner end of theplunger I2 when the plunger is projected so that the same will engagethe rear end of the projectile during its forward movement and projectthe same through the bore 'I of the barrel 5. Flanges 20a and 22a areformed in the rear wall 20 as well as the inwardly directed ilanges 22and 23 for receiving nails or the like as at 20h and 22h so as torigidly secure the magazine in place on the barrel 5. The side walls 2|are extended to project into the longitudinal slot I I a slight distanceto further support the magazine and prevent displacement thereof.

The rotary operator comprises a yoke member or handle structure 24having a handle portion 25 and parallel bifurcated arm portions 26. 'Ihebarrel section 6 is attened as at 28 at diametrically opposite sidesthereof for receiving the bifurcated arms 26 and a nail or the like asat 29 is passed through one of the bifurcated arms 26 for anchoring theyoke member 24 in position.

Formed in the free ends of the bifurcated arms 26 is a pair of axiallydisposed and aligned bearing openings 30 for receiving the rotary shaft3I. One end of the rotary shaft 3| projects slightly beyond one of saidbifurcated arms and is transversely bored for receiving a crank arm 33having a crank handle 34. The intermediate portion of the rotary shaft3l is provided with radially extending bores 35 for receiving crossedpins 36 which are adapted to have their free ends successively broughtinto registry with the kerf slot and into engagement with thetransversely extending pin I4.

Formed in the rear portion of the barrel E is a longitudinal slot 38which terminates at the rear end of the barrel and extends from a pointslightly rearward of the yoke member 24 and said slot is of suicientwidth for receiving a gun stock 39 which is cut away as at 40 to conformto the shape of the shoulder. The gun stock may be fastened in the slot38 by nails or the like or other fastening means.

In operation, the stock 39 is placed against the shoulder and the handle25 grasped by the left hand so that the right hand will be free tomanipulate the hand crank 34 which is rotated torcau'se the radiallyprojecting pins, 36toengage -the transversely extending pins I4 on thereciprocating plunger i2 and thereby retract the plunger against theaction of the coil spring I3. When the plunger I2 has reached the limitof'fsmearward movement, a projectile I9 will fall by gravity into thegun barrel bore I in the'path -of -said plunger. As each of thepinsgpassesoverthe radially extending pin I4 when the plunger hasreached the limit of its rearward travel,`I` there ciprocating plungerI2 is projected forwardly to f -engagethe rear rend of Aone ofmthe,projectiles I9 which has f allen by gravity 'into the 'barrel ,boire -Iand thereby project sadfprojectile i I9: in ythe. direction in which thetoy imechanical; gunzis :'aimed.

Itisv to be understood thati the; form of thelinvention herewith shownand.l;descri bed isftoibe taken `as a preferred embodiment of ithefsameand that various changes may-@be ,-*madein the ,sliape, size andarrangementiofpartsL--WithoutA departing from theV spirit ofv theiinvention: or=the .scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is: :A mechanical gun, comprising =a barrelrmember havingal longitudinal bore. terminatingrat @ne 30 ing inserted in the enlargedbore, a plunger mounted in said enlarged bore with one end guided insaid sleeve and the other end projecting intq and` guided ,in`saidlongitudinal barrel bore, a handlestrueture secured yto the barrelhaving forked arms projecting above said barrel `and a handle projectingdownward below said barrel, a rotary tripping member mounted be-'tweensaid forked arms and journalled therein, said trippingmemberengaging and releasably retracting said plunger, and a coil springengag- "ing-Yand urgingsaid plunger toward said tripping member.

HAROLD S. ROCHOWIAK.

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